Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

"A child?" Tuesday asked, the smile at had been on her face disappearing. V child?" John nodded, and shrugged. Tuesday reached forward onto the table id lifted a cigarette from a box that sat ere. and lit it and took a long drag. "I am not a child. I am not normal, my e has not been like that of the average rl." she said then, her voice even, almost ird. "It so happens that I"ve known mare responsibilities since I was a child three, when I started modeling. . . . mat s ngnt. at three. She took another drag on the cigarette. Her face began to flush. "Whoa." John said. "Take it easy." "I began modeling at three." Tuesday said, "because we needed the money. Because my father was dead and my mother had three children to bring up and because we never knew from one month to another if we could even pay the rent on that stinking cold water flat we had to live in. So I was pretty and I went to work. At three. And that's the way it's been ever since. Working. Working. Getting up for assignments at seven, growing up at ten. eleven — " She stopped and shook her head. She looked as if she might begin to cry. suddenly. "My life has never been like the average girl's," she whispered. "And I am not a child." John sat for a moment, staring at her. He put his hand on her shoulder. And then he removed it and he put down his half-empty glass and he rose. "Fve got to go now. Tuesday,'" he said, gently. "It's getting late." "Yes. I guess it is." Tuesdav said, rising too. She tried to smile again. "I hope I haven "t ruined your evening." she said. "I get like this even. once in a while. . . . I'm sorry." "You haven't ruined anything," said John. Tuesday walked him to the door. "Will I see you again. John?" she asked, as he was about to leave. "I don't think so,"' said John. "Whatever you say," Tuesday told him. . . . Some sort of spell "He phoned her two days later," says a friend of John's. "It was as if Tuesday had cast some sort of spell on him, and he hadn't been able to shake it. Anyway, he phoned and she invited him over to dinner — chili con carne and salad — and they spent the rest of the evening sitting out in the garden, talking. "The next day. John told me: It's unbelievable. This girl is so sharp, so brilliant. I think she's the most fascinating person in Hollywood today. She loves life, and she has the guts to be herself. She's lots brighter than lots of women I know two and three times her age." "It was obvious to anyone who ever saw them together that Tuesday was wild about John. I. for one. think that by the time summer came around (Tuesday was sixteen by now) . John was in love with her. too. "Their fling was a surprisingly secret thing for a while. Actually quiet might be a better word. Except for a few friends and the inevitable under-the-counter gossip set who find out all. there were relatively few people who knew w-hat was going on between Them. During this period. Tuesday and John were two supremely happy people. "For Tuesday, the girl who had loved to brag about her early dating, her constant dating, this was the first real romance of her fife. She convinced herself that it vould be first, last and forever. She idol LADIES — Last season more than 20,000 women accepted the opportunity offered in the advertisement below. We hope that you, too, will take advantage of it. Just fill out the convenient coupon, paste it on a postcard, and mail it today. Hurry! FEMALE HELP WANTE $23 WEEKLY for wearing lovely dresses supplied to you by us. Just show Fashion Frocks to friends in spare time. No investment, canvassing or experience necessary. Fashion Frocks, Cincinnati 2, O. HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE 125 BEAUTIFUL NEW STYLES NOW READY FOR DELIVERY GetttuA RUSH COUPON TODAY! PASTE COUPON ON POSTCARD — MAIL TODAY! FASHION FROCKS, INC , Dept. D-20541. Textile Bldg. Cincinnati 2, Ohio Yes. I want the opportunity of earning S23.00 weekly for wearing lovely dresses supplied to me by you. Without cost or obligation, please RUSH everything I need to start at once. If you live in Canada, mail this ccupcn to ."Vcr.-h Americar ^^Fashion Frocks, Ltd., 3425 Industrial Blvd. .Montreal 39. P.<2 j